Table 14
Feeding Preference List, in Approximate Order of Preference, for Triploid
Grass Carp in Florida, Illinois, and Oregon-Washington Studies
Florida
Oregon-Washington
Preferred Plants
Hydrilla
Najas
Potamogeton crisps
(hydrilla)
(brittle naiad)
(curly-leafed pondweed)
Potamogeton illinoiensis
Najas minor
Potamogeton pectinatus
(Illinois pondweed)
(naiad)
(sage pondweed)
Potamogeton
Potamogeton
(flat-stemmed pondweed)
(pondweeds)
(muskgrass)
Najas guadalupensis
Potamogeton
Elodea canadensis
(southern naiad)
(pondweed)
(elodea)
Elodea canadensis
(Brazilian elodea)
(elodea)
(tapegrass)
Elodea canadensis
Potamogeton peetinatus
(sago pondweed)
(elodea)
(muskgrass)
(duckweed)
(stonewort)
(coontail)
(needle rush)
Pontederia
(pickerelweed)
(bog mat)
(Continued)
Note:
Data based on
and Carter 1978; Osborne 1978;
and Schardt
1980; Van Dyke, Leslie, and Nall 1984; Sutton and Van Diver 1986;
and Thomas 1987; and Leslie et al. 1987.
Bowers,
Diploid carp.
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